Neck-yoke connection



(No Model.)

Patented Sept. 27, 1898. G. BBYANTON.

NECK YOKE lft'lltNEQTION.

(Application filed M11 20, 1898.)

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NECK-YOKE CONN ECTION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 611,444, dated September 27, 1898. Application filed May 20,1898. fierial No. 681,197. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, GEORGE BRYANTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Harriman, in the county of Roane and State of Tennessee, have invented new and useful Improvements in Neck-Yoke Connections, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in neckyoke connections, and pertains to a connection having a peculiar form of balland-joint construction and a turning connection between the'ball and joint and the tip or end of the pole, all of which will be fully described hereinafter and particularly referred to' in the claims.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved ball-and-socket connection between the tip or end of the pole and the neck yoke, and also to provide a swivel-socket between the pole and the ball connection,whereby a universal connection between the pole and the neck-yoke is provided.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the end of the pole and the neck-yoke, looking from the inner side thereof. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken longitudinally through the pole and transverse the neck-yoke. Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view of the ball connections. Fig. 4: is a detached View of the ball clamp or socket. Fig. 5 is a detached view of the bearing which is situated between the ball and the neck-yoke. 7

Reference being now had to the drawings, A indicates a neck-yoke of the ordinary construction, and A the pole. A socket on is provided with laterally-projecting ears b,through which and through the neck-yoke pass the clamping-bolts c, carrying on their ends the clamping-nuts d. The socketo. has at its inner side a spherical recess 6, corresponding in shape to the ball f upon the end of the socket B. The end of the socket B between the ball f and its main portion is flat at each side, as shown at g, and the socket a is provided with a slot h, in which the flat portion g moves.

The opening 1' is sufficiently large for the ball f to pass through, and in this way the ball is placed within the socket by a lateral movement, as will be readily understood. A washer j is provided which fits over this opening 2', and through the washer one of the neck-yoke A, and its opposite side provided with a spherical recess m, in which the outer face of the ball f fits. The spherical recess m and the spherical recess c combine together to form a recess in outline a sphere and corresponding in shape to the ball f, as will be readily understood.

Securedupon the endv of the pole A is a tongue G, its inner end having a socket F extending over the pole, as will be readily understood. The outer end of the socket B is adapted to receive the tongue G loosely, so that the ball-socket permits a lateral move ment and the socket B and tongue G a transverse movement.

7 From the above description it will be seen I that I have produced a cheap, efiective, and durable connection between the neck-yoke and the tongue.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat ent, is

1. A neck-yoke connection comprising a socket, the said socket provided with a recess at its inner side and with a slot passing therethrough and communicating with the recess and with an opening at one side of the slot larger in diameter than the width of the slot, combined with an arm carrying a ball having a reduced portion at a point inside thereof, whereby theball is adapted to be inserted through said opening and carried through the slot to its recess, substantially as described.

2. A neck-yoke connection comprising a socket, said socket provided at its inner side with a spherical recess and with a horizontal slot extending across the outer end of the socket, combined with an arm having at its outer end a head or ball provided with a reduced portion at a point inside of the head or ball, the said socket also provided with an opening larger than the said slot and at one side of the recess, the opening being of a size adapted to permit the head to pass therethrough, the parts operating substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. A neck-yoke connection comprising a socket provided with a recess at its inner side and with a bolt-opening and with a slot extending across the socket and passing therethrough and communicating with the said recess, the bolt-opening communicating with said slot and being larger in diameter than the width of the slot, combined wit-h a tongue having a head or ball of a size adapted to pass through the said bolt-opening and to be seated in the said recess, and a washer fitting over the bo1t-opening through which the clampingbolt passes, the parts adapted to operate as described.

4. A neck-yoke connection comprising a socket provided at its inner side with a spherical recess, combined with an arm carrying a ball or head adapted to fit in the recess, the arm having a reduced portion at a point inside the head or ball, the socket provided with a slot therethrough communicating with the said recess, and also provided at one side of the slot with an opening larger in diameter than the width of the slot, the socket hav- 3o ing at a point inside of said recess a bearingblock recess, a bearing-block fitting within the recess, the bearing-block having at its outer side a spherical opening registering with the spherical opening in the socket, the 3 5 parts adapted to cooperate as described.

5. A neck-yoke connection comprising a socket, an arm having a ball seated within the socket, the arm having a socket, the pole, the

end of the pole provided with a tongue fitting 4o GEORGE BRYANTON.

\Vitnesses:

WM. W. WHALEN, HULL OooK. 

